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NEWS -#- More Narcotic Drugs Seized
- Subject: NEWS -#- More Narcotic Drugs Seized
- From: BurmaJapan@xxxxxxx
- Date: Tue, 16 Dec 1997 16:39:00
#- More Narcotic Drugs Seized in Myanmar
Xinhua
15-DEC-97
YANGON (Dec. 15) XINHUA - A total of
1.14 million tablets of methamphetamine
and 7.5 kilograms of heroin were seized in
Myanmar's Eastern Shan State on Sunday
by an anti-narcotic team, Myanmar
authorities confirmed today.
The anti-narcotic team searched three
houses in Sa Sai Ward of Tachileik on
December 14 and seized the drugs. It also
confiscated eight assorted weapons and
ammunition and various chemicals.
Moreover, another anti-narcotic team
searched an area in Mong Htong Town on
December 12 and uncovered 688,000
tablets of methamphetamine hidden under
the ground in 344 plastic bags, an official
Information Sheet added.